Lead Python & AWS Engineer — Hybrid Bristol

Wagstaff Recruitment; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days holiday plus bank holidays

Pension and matched contributions

Private health care

Job summary

Wagstaff Recruitment is seeking a Senior Software Developer in Bristol with a hybrid working pattern. You will lead development using Python and AWS, build APIs, and own delivery of backend systems in a hands-on role.

The role requires strong leadership, mentoring, and ability to engage stakeholders, with responsibilities across CI/CD and IaC practices, while contributing to AI deployments and scalable software.

Qualifications

• Proficient in Python and AWS with hands-on development experience.
• Strong API design and backend systems experience.
• Experience with CI/CD and IaC tooling (Terraform/Ansible or similar).
• Excellent communication and leadership abilities, with stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Building software solutions.
• Work in AWS cloud environments.
• Own the delivery of projects.
• Build APIs and backend systems.
• Write scalable Python code.
• Maintain CI/CD standards.
• Mentoring team members.

Skills

Python

AWS

API experience

CI/CD

SQL

Communication

Stakeholder engagement

Leadership skills

Infrastructure as code

Job description

Wagstaff Recruitment is seeking a Senior Software Developer in Bristol with a hybrid working pattern. You will lead development using Python and AWS, build APIs, and own delivery of backend systems in a hands-on role.

The role requires strong leadership, mentoring, and ability to engage stakeholders, with responsibilities across CI/CD and IaC practices, while contributing to AI deployments and scalable software.